Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
Dan from Madison Carl and I have pounded practically everyone we know with the total economic sense shown by Billy Beane, GM of the Oakland Athletics mapped out in the outstanding book Moneyball
I don’t want to ruin any of the book for those planning on reading it, but past this point will reveal a few spoilers to help me make a larger point.
Many people call my town of Madison, Wisconsin “67 square miles surrounded by reality”. Honestly, if you can handle certain things it is a nice place to live. One of the things you will need to be able to handle is the super liberal culture that you will be immersed in once here. I have a lot of fun with it. I moved here from Rockford, Illinois 15 years ago and to this day am amazed at what goes on. The two cities are separated by only 70 miles, but are worlds apart.
The Madison City Council is famous for wasting time on declarations that have no effect other than making a statement. They have had votes on impeaching presidents, taking stands on foreign conflicts, and many other things that will drive most normal people insane. All of the hand wringing and time wasting costs MONEY – and, in the end, it is my tax money that they are wasting. It is enough to drive one crazy unless you get used to it. Remember, the city council is made up of mostly Democrats and “Progressives”.
At the Gore estate, electricity conservation is something they simply talk about rather than do something about. According to this, the Gore house in Tennessee uses almost twenty times more electricity than an average home. Gorebal warming indeed.
From the article:
A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home.
A very appropriate comment.
To whom it may concern,
As I have aged I have paid more attention to what is going on in the world around me. I treasure the Constitution and the rights it gives us. Like many, I am disgusted with how my money is wasted on the federal, state and local level. Swine at the trough.
ChicagoBoyz can always find the party.